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MINCHELLA v. ESTATE OF SKILLMAN

No. 16283.

356 F.2d 52 (1966)

Charles MINCHELLA, a/k/a Charles Mitchell, Appellant, v. The ESTATE of Honorable W. McKay SKILLMAN, Judge of the Recorder's Court of the City of Detroit, Deceased, Honorable Frank G. Schemanske, Judge of the Recorder's Court of the City of Detroit (Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Wayne County, Michigan, 1931-1934), The Estate of Harry S. Toy, Deceased, (Prosecuting Attorney, Wayne County, Michigan, 1931-1934), W. Gomer Krise, (Chief Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Wayne County, Michigan, 1931-1934), Chester A. Griffith, Detective Sergeant on the Metropolitan Police Force, Detroit, 1929-1930-1931-1932-1933-1934-1935 and 1936, and Herbert L. Hines, a Detective on the Metropolitan Police Force, Detroit, for 20 years at Recorder's Court of Detroit in 1931, individually and severally, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

February 10, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Minchella, in pro. per.

Samuel J. Torina, Detroit, Mich., on briefs, for appellees.

Before EDWARDS, Circuit Judge, CECIL, Senior Circuit Judge, and KENT, District Judge.

PER CURIAM.

Plaintiff Minchella (appearing in pro per) filed a complaint under the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, against a judge and several members of the prosecutorial and police staff in Detroit, all of whom were connected with his conviction for kidnapping in the year 1931. The essence of the action is the allegation of a joint tort asserted to have been committed by all the defendants in a conspiracy to imprison appellant illegally.

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